FINAL TOUR UNDERWAY FOR GLIDERS PRIOR TO 2018 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

The American tour follows international series’ against Germany and a visit to Japan over the past few months with the Gliders gearing up for the World Championships to be held from August 16-26 in Hamburg, Germany.

The six-game series will also give coach David Gould the last chance to see the team compete in international competition before the final team is announced this week.

At the 2014 IWBF World Championships, Netherlands and USA battled for the bronze medal while Canada are five-time gold medalists as well as being the reigning Champions so the Gliders will have a good sense of what will be required to return to the podium once this tour is complete.

The Australian Gliders Team for USA Tour:

NAME	CLASSIFICATION
Shelley Chaplin	3.5
Cobi Crispin	4.0
Shelley Cronau	2.5
Leanne Del Toso	3.5
Hannah Dodd	1.0
Kylie Gauci	2.0
Annabelle Lindsay	4.5
Amber Merritt	4.5
Georgia Munro-Cook	4.5
Clare Nott	1.0
Ella Sabljak	1.0
Sarah Vinci	1.0
STAFF	ROLE
David Gould	Head Coach
Stephen Charlton	Assistant Coach
Craig Campbell	Assistant/Technical Coach
Anna Rich	Physiotherapist
Cathy Lambert	Team Manager
Karen Haddad	Team Psychologist

The Australian Gliders Schedule for USA Tour (all times AEST):

June 28: Gliders vs. Netherlands at 12am
June 28: Gliders vs. Canada at 9am
June 29: Gliders vs. USA at 1.30am
June 29: Gliders vs. Netherlands at 9am
June 30: Gliders vs. Canada at 12am
June 30: Gliders vs. USA at 10.30am

The Australian Gliders have landed in Colorado Springs for their final pre-World Championship tour with a six-game series scheduled against the Netherlands, Canada and the USA.